One other challenge, if you have large number of VMs, the view is going to be very long and some point hard to read. Perhaps we can add a filter feature, such that user can choose how many VMs per page are presented, i.e. 50, 100, 250, 500?
This would apply to all UI Instance view pages. > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Tutkowski [mailto:mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com] > Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2013 3:24 PM > To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org > Subject: Re: [DISCUSS} Root/Domain Admin user should see ALL vms - based > on their permisions > > +1 > > > On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 12:59 PM, Chip Childers > <chip.child...@sungard.com>wrote: > > > On Thu, Aug 08, 2013 at 06:54:02PM +0000, Musayev, Ilya wrote: > > > This question was asked several times on dev and user mailing list. > > > > > > I'd like to propose following enhancement and would like to get the > > community feedback: > > > > > > Issue: > > > > > > Root Admin cannot see all VMs under Instance tab when "all" > > > instances > > are selected. Root Admin user need to switch between different > > projects to see more vms. This approach presents a challenge as there > > is no single view of all VMs in ALL projects. Same would apply to a > > domain admin, he should be able to see all vms in his domain at a > > glance without looping through each project. > > > > > > Suggested resolution: > > > > > > Change the behavior of show "all" instances by looping through all > > projects and showing the vm names. We would also need to alter the > > Instance view and append project name column and append > domain/project. > > > > > > What do you think? > > > > +1, and I notice that Kirk J opened CLOUDSTACK-4196 > > > > > > -- > *Mike Tutkowski* > *Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.* > e: mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com > o: 303.746.7302 > Advancing the way the world uses the > cloud<http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play> > *(tm)*